roccoschili Chapter 1456: 128: Travelers Reach Here and Feel as if Their Souls Are Torn
Chapter 1456: 128: Travelers Reach Here and Feel as if Their Souls Are Torn
Chapter 1456: Chapter 128: Travelers Reach Here and Feel as if Their Souls Are TornJiang Wang had no idea how others were talking about him, fortunately, he hadn’t revealed his identity, so he wasn’t afraid of any gossip.
The knife coin flew unhurriedly in front, and all the passersby seemed to ignore it, or rather, they couldn’t see it at all.
Jiang Wang could now feel the weight of gazes, and he was certain that not a single gaze landed on the knife coin.
Yet he could not detect any trace of visual disruption or self-concealment from this knife coin…
How was it achieved?
With Jiang Wang’s current strength, he was completely unable to discern it.
Yu Beidou, known as someone who “calculates a life’s worth of hexagrams”, truly possessed unfathomable abilities.
The knife coin left the inn and purposefully led the way, choosing probably the shortest route, guiding Jiang Wang out of the city, then suddenly accelerated.
Jiang Wang closely followed, also picking up speed.
With this flight… he flew all the way out of Zhao Country.
The knife coin continued northward…
Jiang Wang had just flown in from the north not long ago, having spent a few peaceful days cultivating, and now he had to fly back.
A sudden sense of unease arose in his heart.
What exactly was Yu Beidou doing, going such a long way?
Inexplicably feeling he was at a loss, yet having already agreed, he couldn’t very well back out.
It seemed that Xiang Country and Xu Country had ended their wrangling, and it was certain that problems couldn’t be solved by negotiation. Small skirmishes were gradually escalating…
Based on the exchanges with Zhongxuan Sheng in the Taixu Illusion Realm, this time Li Longchuan, Wang Yiwu, and others had all gone to Star Moon Plain to participate in this war, using “Xiang and Xu as skin, Jing and Qi as bone.”
The main forces of Qi Country had not moved, and the high-level combat power of both sides was held back. However, many young geniuses filled the ranks of the Xu Country army, and the same was true for Jingguo.
From this it can be seen, though this battle is a probing between the two overlord countries, it should not be taken lightly.
Roughly, both Qi and Jing have tacitly approved this battle on Star Moon Plain as the battlefield for the younger generations of both sides. It can be considered an early confrontation between the future high echelons of both parties.
Since Jingguo chose to face Qi Country once more on Star Moon Plain and then continue discussions, and since the war had truly begun, Jiang Wang’s missing bargaining chip was not as important. The outcome of this battle was the more crucial matter.
Zhongxuan Sheng even inquired if Jiang Wang wanted to participate in this battle to gain merit.
At that time, Jiang Wang refused, dedicating himself to cultivation.
Now flying north from Zhao Country, witnessing the continuous flow of resources from Qi Country to Xu Country, one could more clearly sense the atmosphere of war.
For some inexplicable reason, he suddenly felt eager to give it a try.
The Jing Country Mirror World Platform falsely accused him of communicating with demons, causing public disdain, and tarnish his reputation. They also forcefully ordered Zhao Xuenyang to kill him, putting him in a life-and-death crisis. He couldn’t deal with those old monsters, but the battle on Star Moon Plain was the main battlefield for the young.
Among his peers, who was he afraid of?
Testing the quality of Jingguo’s young generation on Star Moon Plain seemed a delightful thing!
But the flying knife coin ahead shattered his daydreams.
It kept flying north, and kept flying north…
Passing between Xu Country and Qi Country, through Rong Country then north again, it finally arrived at Broken Soul Gorge.
Standing before this gorge where one could not see the end ahead nor the top above, looking at the steep cliffs and hearing the whimpering wind, a sense of bewilderment immediately emerged.
This gorge was like a natural moat—one would wonder which deity might have cleaved it.
What a perfect place for killing and burying bodies!
The knife coin circled in front as if urging him on.
Jiang Wang clenched the sword in his hand and walked onwards.
Outside the sun shone high in the sky, yet inside the gorge remained gloomy and shadowy.
Looking up to the sky, only a thin strip remained visible.
Jiang Wang inexplicably thought, if someone lived in this Broken Soul Gorge all their life, would they also feel that the sky was only this one line?
Sometimes it is precisely one’s own knowledge that limits one’s thoughts.
The wind swept through the gorge, the eerie sound akin to the wailing of ghosts.
They said that the end of Broken Soul Gorge connected to the endless sands.
Judging from the length of this gorge that one’s eyes couldn’t see the end, Jiang Wang felt that it could traverse a grassland if compared vertically.
And the extreme north of Jingguo and Mugu, the end of the Border Wilderness, was said to connect to the All-world desolate graves.
He wondered if these places had any connection…
Walking in further, Jiang Wang suddenly heard a “clang, clang” sound, the clash of metal striking stone.
Holding his sword cautiously, he moved forward, peering upwards, and saw a man high above, both hands gripping a large back chopper, falling from a high point along the cliff, continuously chopping the cliff as he descended.
Jiang Wang could feel the explosive force circulating in the man’s body with each chop, nearly every swing delivered with full strength.
The blade clashing with the cliff produced the intense crashing sound—the source of those “clang, clang” sounds.
Amazingly, despite the man’s exertion, not a single knife mark was left on the cliff.
Jiang Wang was very sure that the cliffs on both sides of the Broken Soul Gorge weren’t protected by any special powers; at least, not in the areas he could see.
In other words, this man chopping the cliff with a back chopper was controlling his strength in a nearly perfect manner, continually hacking and colliding without damaging the cliff in the slightest.
Truly exquisite!
Perhaps sensing someone approaching, the chopping sound abruptly ceased, and the person, descending along the cliff, cast a glance at Jiang Wang.
This was a young man with a face still showing signs of adolescence but possessing a determined eye.
Jiang Wang of course remembered Lin Xian, who was stunning at the Yellow River Gathering.
The one who said, “Though Rong Country is indeed small, in my heart it is large”—Lin Xian!
He was actually practicing his knife skills in this desolate Broken Soul Gorge?
“Jiang Wang?” It was Lin Xian who spoke first.
Jiang Wang found it somewhat strange—he was cloaked, dressed in rough hemp, with his face not showing, yet Lin Xian still recognized him?
“How did you know it was me?” he asked.
Lin Xian, holding the back chopper, gracefully landed, coming to rest about thirty steps ahead of Jiang Wang.
“I recognized your sword,” he said, “Although I’ve had no chance to spar with you… I’ve observed you for a long time.”
The young genius of Rong Country, on Guanhe Platform, had long observed the young geniuses of Qi Country.
This statement naturally carried a sense of tragic solemnity.
How weak Rong Country was, how strong Qi Country was.
But from the start, he regarded Qi Country’s competing geniuses as opponents, pushing himself forward, hoping to make the nation proud, hoping to restore Rong Country’s declining morale, hoping to grasp hope…
Yet, he couldn’t even surpass the test of compassion from Summer Country.
He could recognize Longing even when it was still in its sheath; indeed, he had observed for a long time.
“So…” Jiang Wang said, “Do you wish to spar with me today?”
Lin Xian was silent for a moment, then spoke, “I am not your opponent.”
For this young man, admitting this must be a greatly difficult statement. After all, from the start of his training, he was nurtured with the inner mansion realm geniuses of Qi Country as his hypothetical adversaries.
Yet the person was simply too strong, had advanced too far; the supreme sword he witnessed on Guanhe Platform still seemed unattainable.
Like the endlessness of Broken Soul Gorge, it seemed to have no end in sight.
The wind echoed sorrowfully throughout Broken Soul Gorge, as though it were crying.